U.S. Capitol on lockdown after vehicle strikes two officers

The U.S. Capitol was placed on lockdown Friday after a vehicle struck and injured two police officers, authorities said. The suspect was taken into custody and was hospitalized, along with the two officers.

Fencing was erected around the Capitol complex in the wake of the January 6 attack, and thousands of National Guard troops sent to Washington. Security fencing around the perimeter of the complex was taken down last week, although a layer of inner fencing around the Capitol building itself remains in place. The barricade is a checkpoint on the Senate side of the Capitol and was in place before security fencing was erected after the January 6 attack. The alert to staffers said that no entry or exit is currently permitted but movement throughout the building is allowed.